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UNITED ,STATES GEORGE W. DOXSIE,

PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM SHAY, OF SAME PLACE..

LOGGINGHWHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,043, dated'February27, 1883.

Applicationiled December 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DoxsrE, of Haring, in the county ofWexford and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Logging-Wheels,of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to the logging-wheels employed for suspending logsfrom the axle,

[o between the wheels, to carry them, the logs being loaded by raisingup the tongue nearly to the perpendicular and using it for a lever byhitching the team to the end of the tongue with a long chainto raise upthe logs by an eccentric hitch ofthe suspending-chains upon the axle;and it consists of a lever contrivance for raising the tonguepreparatory to the employment ofit as a lever to raise the logs.

The invention also consists of a seat attachzo ment for the driver, andalso ot' a guard attachment to the wheels to prevent the spokes frombeing chafed and broken by the chains which suspend 'the logs from theaxle, which sometimes swing against them by the thrusts' oflogs onuneven roads, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor-3o responding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a transverse section ofthe axle, taken on the line m .r ofFig. 2, and side elevation of one of' the wheels, showing theimpiovements of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the axle,the wheels being broken oi through the hubs. Fig. 3 is a transversesection of the axle and side elevation of the tongue and the seatattachment, the seat heing folded over on the tongue, as when notre- A4o quired for use; and Fig. 4 is a section of the axle, showing thelever attachment for elevating the tongue.

a represents the axle, b the tongue, and c the wheels on 1which the logsare to be car- Y the ground by swinging the tongue down 5o again to theworking position, which is done by bitching a'team to the upper end ofthe' tongue by a long chain and drawing it down by the team. l

In a large machine for drawing heavy logs it is sometimes difficult forone man to raise the tongue and also hitch the chains under the logs. Itherefore propose -to employ a lever,l e, for this purpose, and contrivefor the application of it near one of the Wheels, where the attendantrequires to stand to fasten the chains 6o d under the log; and for thispurpose I propose to provide the lever with a metal point, f, fastenedby a band, g, to insert in a socket iu the axle, and will also use achain, h, for bracing the lever, the chain being passed around the axleand fastened thereto by studpinsj, to 'prevent it from slipping,andtheends 4of the chain being fastened to a band, t', at-

tached to the lever a suitable distance above the axle. For the seat Ipropose to suspend 7o a short board, k, from eye-studs l at the top andback edge of the axle by a bail, m, to which the board is secured by astaple, n, a suitable distance from the end of the board, to enable thelatter to project under the axle, as repre- 7 5 sented in Figs. l and 2,for being suspended on the bail in the4 rearward extension represented,suitably for affording aconveuient seat for the driver.

When the seat is not required for use it may 8o be swung up over theaxle and tongue, where it may be fastened by a hook and chain, u, to astaple, 0,' of the tongue. To prevent the spokes of the wheels frombeing damaged by the chains d, which are frequently swung aside by thethrusts of the logs suspended 1n them against the spokes, I apply one ormore guard rings or bands,p, to the inner sides of the. spokes, as shownin Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I 9c claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the lever eand chainbrace h with the axle a of apair of loggingwheels, said lever being located with respect to chains dsubstantially as described.

2. The combination ot'seat k, eye-studs Z, and bail m with the axle a,said seat being connected to said bail suitably for extending under theaxle and being supported on the bail, roo

substantially as described.

GEORGE W. Doxsin.

